The Critical Thinker's Dictionary: Biases, Fallacies, and Illusions and what you can do about them

by Robert Todd Carroll

'Know Thyself' advised the ancient Greek sages who defined us as rational animals. Rationality, they thought, could be achieved by controlling the emotions and avoiding logical fallacies. We now know that the brain is a great deceiver. Unconscious biases drive us to believe and do things that the conscious mind explains in self-serving stories, making us appear more rational to ourselves than we really are. Modern science has taught us that rationality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304622770
• ISBN13: 9781304622778
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"